A FAMILY OF WHEELS:

I’m walking down the corridor,
And I went,
“Coo-wee! Your beans taste like fish!”

And there was music,
From that film about an older woman hitting on a younger man,
You know,
With that actor,
It was made more famous by that song,
“God Bless You”

(K)

TORN:

Five towers in the Black earth,
A bell is ringing,
we are shaking,
Rolling,
Rocked to sleep,

It’s raining,
Dirty Black puddles line the sides of the road,
The earth pulls back it’s elastic band,
Lets go,
Returning us to the sun

(K)

VISITING TIME:

Thank you for your generosity,
Let’s make art,
The Afternoon People

(K)

ENCOUNTERS #1 – ALLEY:

Iceland,
Sculptural forms in a landscape of concrete & tarmac,
Love,
Love,
And more love

(K)

BEHIND BARS:

A dog called Reg ends up inside my camera,
He’s funny,
Makes me laugh,
“Can you take him Paul. He’s driving me crazy!”
Reg & Paul belong to a woman,
Who repeats the name of her husband,
On a loop,
Telling him what she wants him to do,
Tweaking instructions,
Nudging the controls,

Paul lifts Reg in his arms,
Dances with him,
Reg looks happy as another woman exclaims,
“No, don’t do that! Let the dogs run free!”
The dancing stops,
Paul tries to carry on smiling,
His face stalled in a practised grin,
He was happy,
So was Reg,
They retreat,
Heads down,
In ritual repeat,

Today,
The people here are angry,
Frustrated,
Suppressed,
Show their animals more love than to each other,
Cuddling & stroking,
Barking at & tolerating one another,
Sighing in exasperation,
Often,
Latent aggression towards their humans,
Openly expressing love for their animals,
Like a weapon,
Pointed,
It’s a dark energy to be around in the morning,
Though the music in the background is light,
I came here for the meditation,
And a little focus on positivity,

I put on my coat,
Pack my bag,
And leave,
There’s a chill wind on the street,
But it’s warmer than in here,
My dear

(K)

TARMAC SKY:

The sky walks in,
Dressed in Black,
To shelter from the rain,
Takes off his hat,
Orders a coffee,
Sits down,
Checks his phone for messages,
Looks up,
Looks around the room,
Wonders where the hell he is,
Politely waiting for something fantastic

(K)

LUX:

It was acquired under strange circumstances,
Look at it!
Can’t be moved for the rubbish around it,
But it’s a nice one,
Right colour,
Right model,
If you leave it for the next five years it’ll be worth a mint,

It was in the garage of a house for sale,
The bloke said,
“Oh and there’s a car that comes with it!”
Four flat tyres,
Brakes seized,
Dragged it out,
Plugged it it,
Turned it over three times & it started!
Hadn’t been driven for fifteen years & it started!
What do you think of that?

It’s like a mobile phone,
It’s like everything,
I got one in red,
People keep asking,
“Do you know how much it’s worth?”

(K)

PAPER CRASH:

Suppression,
Lonelier,
Winning,
Intellect,

Toilet flushing,
Radio crackling,
Footsteps on stairs,
Crows,
Thunder,
Lightning,
Footsteps in leaves,
Gravel,
Church bells,

Excuse me,
When are you coming?
Gracefully stumbling into something

(K)

LEANING CHAIR:

Dog,
Wines,
Strains at the leash,
Hand holds tight,
In restraint,
In a safe place,
Exchanging messages from a sleepless night

(K)

BARBED WIRE MUSIC:

The glass was turned face down,
The radio was playing the wrong station,
There was too much space,
Not enough faces,

A new generation with an old momentum,

The thing I paid for came back wrong,
Slammed down on the table with a stud through the nose,
Spilt,
No milk,
The music was safe,

A small town,
Dreams of a city,
Desires to be on fire,
To a new groove

(K)